Casey Stoner stuns MotoGP by setting quit date

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Stoner is to bow out at the end of the seasonAdrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

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The Australian won the title last yearDANIEL MUNOZ/REUTERS

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Stoner says that he is not enjoying the sport any moreMarcelo Del Pozo/Reuters

Mark Cue

Last updated at 5:26PM, May 17 2012

Casey Stoner has stunned MotoGP by announcing that he is to retire at the end
of this season because he is no longer enjoying the sport.

The 26-year-old Australian is the reigning world champion and had denied
reports of him quitting less than a fortnight ago at the Portuguese Grand
Prix at Estoril. But the Repsol Honda rider decided before this weekend’s
race in France that he will not continue beyond the season-ending grand prix
in Valenica on November 18.

“After a long time thinking, a lot of time talking with my family and my wife,
this has been coming